Ranking All 11 Pseudo Legendary Pokémon!

[@nataliephan562]

The best part of having garchomp in platinum is that you can bring it to one of the shard move tutors and it can learn Iron head. takes advantage of it's great attack stat and was THE coverage move against Ice types and now fairies.

[@blacksheep7741]

Well dragons are weak to fairy and garchomp 4x times weak 2 ice

[@nataliephan562]

@@blacksheep7741 Garchomp has the attack stat to body most Pokémon of those types. Good coverage comes a long way. I’m not sure what you’re trying to get from stating the obvious

[@chaoticjersey]

Throw in Poison Jab for Garchomp, you'll thank me later.

[@OzoneVisuals]

I used to run a Poison Jab Garchomp and my opponents never saw it coming! Such a satisfying time!

[@nataliephan562]

@@chaoticjersey Poison Jab is good, but Iron head is my personal preference. steel is a better coverage typing

[@juandiegotorres9632]

2:37 there are no abilities in gen 2. They were introduced in gen 3. In Heart Gold and Soul Silver you can get him in the Johto Safari Zone though.

[@funwithcoding2818]

That bothered me so much, im not sure if it was comment bait

[@ShadowD.Joestar]

You took the words right out of my mouth.

[@NoLimitSquad]

Glad I wasn't the only one. Glaring

[@bluetheblue4179]

Yeah, that was a pretty big mistake

[@q12aw50]

@@funwithcoding2818 selfish but ok

[@PatriSjodin]

1:41 One of my original disappointments regarding Tyranitar was that Karen never used it, despite being dark-specialist. Instead a Gengar and Vileplume made up parts of her team.

[@stephenveerasammy3074]

Oh my gosh, I never considered that...

[@PatriSjodin]

@@stephenveerasammy3074 If memory serves she also skipped Sneasel which ofc is not as strong but yet a dark type for a team that felt pretending there weren’t more dark types.

[@tomnorton4277]

Honestly, Tyranitar's more suitable for Lance. Because of how hard it was to create Dragon type teams in Generations 1 and 2, Lance had to rely on several Pokemon that RESEMBLE Dragons instead of the type itself. Toss out 2 of his Dragonite and replace them with Tyranitar and Kingdra and he's set. Karen was doing fine without Tyranitar. Gengar and Vileplume suit her philosophy of choosing Pokemon that she just likes, regardless of whether they're her signature type. Plus, their inclusion on her team have gotten even better with time due to their ability to obliterate Fairy types.

[@PatriSjodin]

@@tomnorton4277 Good points I can agree with! Even though Kingdra might been more suitable for Lances upgraded team (HG/SS) since Kingdra is the dragon gym leaders signature Pokémon.

[@PMar797]

The boss battles in the gen 2 games were horrendously designed

[@landensharp4417]

Is he complaining about not getting PSEUDO LEGENDARY POKEMON EARLY?!

[@PintoBeean]

No he’s complaining about getting them way too late

[@Ophanim1000]

They should fix it so you can get the fully evolved pseudo legendary by the time you get to 8th gym/victory road. Not post game.

[@craigford33]

@@PintoBeeanthat’s a subtle difference that I almost missed. Thank you 🙏🏾

[@DarkEmperor98]

I wasted 2 to 3 hours in SV to first get a Mankey and Magikarp to evolve and just move around beating the bug gym and a titan and then I went to get gible, larvitar and a deino from the cave in the west area after that I went to capture a riolu. Also I captured a ditto from near that port city. Then I basically bred them one by one which took more time. Also I only remembered riolu after I was done with breeding every other pokemon on my team. I forgot riolu was a baby pokemon and wasted some time trying to breed him with ditto. When I remembered it took some time to evolve and breed Lucario. And now I am playing with my team from the start and already reached lvl 20+ for all Pokemons.

[@drhouse6165]

No he's saying it should be earlier than post game. Not "early"

[@Nighlocktheawesome00]

Not to mention the Baxcalibur Line's Ability: Thermal Exchange. Makes them a dangerous opponent against even Fire Types.

[@angelinarobbins1567]

Yeah I know its an awesome brand new ability.

[@Nighlocktheawesome00]

@@angelinarobbins1567 agreed.

[@asytippyy352]

Getting a Larvitar on silver is what I think contributed to Tyranitar being my favourite mon, PERIOD. It was like Metagross in that you could only get it in the post game, except it was at the very end of postgame and it is the only pseudo that no NPC in its base game had. Out of all the pseudos, Ttar was the one that made me feel the most like the "very best like no-one ever was" as a kid, and I'll never forget that.

[@firewolf0176]

That’s exactly how I felt getting Hydreigon in Black!

[@Majima_Nowhere]

I always think Goodra is Dragon/Poison for some reason. It would certainly help it stand out in the fairy-heavy gens it's had to live in.

[@emightis]

Dragon/Steel does give it leverage over Fairy.

[@nhazulkimonalos9895]

Dragonite, Tyranitar, Salamence, and Goodra are goated imo☺️

[@gitangshuchakraborty2343]

☺️

[@shikixd4905]

I love all pseudo legendary, but in metagross case. What makes it special is that you’ll need to earn it and train it to be strong. Its special. Its not like bagon where everyone can catch one. Just look it in another way. Lots of love everyone ❤️

[@ProfessionalNon]

He was talking about its overall grinding potential not whether or not it’s special The symbolism doesn’t really matter

[@yotetoob]

Lol what a cope

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

​@@TheCrankyTechnician lol you two are such clowns

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

​@@yotetoob lol what a clown

[@sammartinez07]

then its just useless since you wouldn't have the time to use it for battle anyways

[@rehelm3114]

Pokemon G/S/C didn’t have abilities…

[@darthvigilante]

Garchomp is my favourite Pseudo Legendary Pokemon. It's a great member of my Ultimate Team, even though it was hard to get any battle experience for him on Showdown due to my team having a combination of all of the gimmicks in the franchise.

[@thunderred5263]

Garchomp looks so cool

[@stevenceja4706]

Garchomp and Salamence are my 2 faves

[@thunderred5263]

@@stevenceja4706 me too

[@virtualcolt]

Garchomp is my favorite Pokemon of all time even when the first Pokemon i took to level 100 that wasnt my starter was a Hydreigon.

[@pshot5069]

​@@thunderred5263 For me Hydreigon looks the coolest among all+Hydreigon's my favourite

[@nolanharney60]

I have always felt like haxorus and aggron should be sudos

[@Amelia4111]

*PSEUDOS, NOT SUDOS! FIX IT NOW!*

[@druski888]

​@@Amelia4111shut up

[@azusagawasakuta5510]

​@@Amelia4111sudowoodo!!!!!!

[@firstpersonwinner7404]

3:00 Just a reminder that in OG Gen 2 Pokémon didn't have abilities. Abilities were first implemented in Gen 3.

[@mugiwara_no_agnelli]

- video started - metagross last - video closed

[@PalatablePal]

You actually can get larvitar through the safari zone in HG and SS before the elite four, which I did on my latest playthrough. Real nightmare of a process just catching it but goddamn did it feel like I was cheating using that overpowered tyranitar for the rest of the game.

[@krymsun3134]

Yup. Should definetely be known more.

[@henrycalde1991]

Tyranitar has been my ace ever since the gen 2 days. And it still is in the Scarlet playthrough and the very first Larvitar I saw in Scarlet happened to be a shiny as well,and relatively early in the game which I had after I believe 2 badges

[@Luke-wm5zk]

Bro the first larvitar you found was shiny?!? I’ve still to this day never ran into a shiny apart from the lake of rage gyarados, and I’ve played through and replayed most of the Pokémon

[@henrycalde1991]

⁠@@Luke-wm5zkyea the very first Larvitar I came across was a shiny one to my shock, I thought it was a normal colored one until I could swear I saw stars come out of it as I encountered it. When I caught it I saw that it had the little stars on the bottom of the profile which meant it was a shiny. Not long after I came across and caught a shiny Rotom during a mass outbreak and a shiny(green) Grimer while I was looking for, ironically a Rotom. Edit: you’ll come across a shiny when you least expect it as cliche as it sounds

[@michaelmarquis284]

@@Luke-wm5zk Dawg I've been playing since Gen 1 with literal tens of thousands of hours over all the generations and had a whole 4 shinies to my name (INCLUDING gyarados) before SV. In SV alone, I've filled a box with shinies. In fact, the first wild pokemon I found in the game was a shiny Lechonk. Gen 9 goes crazy with shinies.

[@tim6454]

​@@Luke-wm5zkthat's horrible luck bro. I've found at minimum 20 in my life time of playing. And besides replaying crystal and emerald versions I don't really replay the games

[@Skyward]

Goodras is my GOAT. extremely underrated

[@Peelyboi3]

Can you tell me the strat u use in which game

[@drippyanimationsofficial]

True, he is so cute

[@CrashperM]

I'm sorry bad take. Hisuian goodra is amazing but in comparison to all other pseudo's the original version just has nothing to offer. Which is probably why they felt like they had to fix it.

[@wuguxiandi9413]

Goodra isn't underrated. It is statistically the worst pseudo-legendary in the game. Can you use it? Sure. But it can't do anything that any other pseudo could do but better.

[@lucacerasuolo6606]

​@@wuguxiandi9413 The same can't be said for Hisuian Goodra, though.

[@WesleyAPEX]

Metagross is the best. Steel and psychic typing is just too strong. Bruh you really knocked metagross because it was hard to get??!

[@AJadedLizard]

8:50 Hawaii is super laid back, to the point it's a bit of a meme. Not a single Pokemon introduced that generation, including regional forms, learns Quick Attack for the same reason.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

I mean there are other priority moves, like Accelerock

[@ygGarcia_Author]

There weren’t abilities in Gen 2

[@dmitryluna4221]

Actually, there were no abilities in Gen 2, they were introduced in Gen 3. So Tyranitar didn't have Sand Stream and Red's team wasn't hit by it as you said. I even remember people using Tyranitar with a moveset which included Sandstorm in competitive battles back in the days.

[@sokkaamvcreator]

Hydreigon took hella time to evolve for me but once I had him I could rely on him to literally defeat anything

[@jackdillon7565]

8:30 thats not what soundproof does. It means that pokemon with soundproof are immune to the move. Not that Kommo'o with soundproof don't get the defense drop

[@wowomah6194]

Ironically...my two favorites are Metagross and Tyranitar. That's also probably because I was in that sweet-spot agegroup when Silver/Gold/Crystal and Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald came out. I mostly played the original Pokemon games in preschool and very early Elementary school back in like 1999-2001 or so and then had Crystal version and Ruby and those two games just utterly sucked me in. But they also look so cool!!!! And IDK, personally at least, I've always found them to be really great in my teams and be able to dish out damage AND take a beating.

[@WesleyAPEX]

Metagross is a tank bro. This guy is hating on Metagross because it’s rare 🤦‍♂️

[@LakePlacidBear]

You know Metagross is good when one of the only two complain he could came up was the fact that you get it at Lvl 1 in RSE. I mean damn bro, I vividly remembered that you can catch a wild one in DPPt and it was like Lvl 50+. Still freaking hard to catch even with ultra ball spams though. Plus I also remembered you could trade one with Steven in HGSS with Forretress.

[@krayzie281]

So I’m guessing your 30 lol 😂

[@wowomah6194]

yes indeed haha@@krayzie281

[@iconixtv]

Bro really pronounced Zweilous Zwee-loos and Hydreigon Hidraygon…😢 Edit: If you’re confused, their names come from German, D-ein-o Zwei-lous Hy-drei-gon Which are 1, 2, 3. And it make sense because of their heads.

[@ruminate1906]

As always gorchomp da goat and the bringer of nightmares will always be remembered as the one of the only Pokémon to be better than some legendarys

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Boring

[@ruminate1906]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 boring my ass tf you mean

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

@@ruminate1906 yawn

[@ruminate1906]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 tf you mean

[@ruminate1906]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 you mad that gorchomp just him

[@mewtationnation3554]

Tyranitar is probably my favorite Pokémon overall. Awesome kaiju design on par with charizard or rayquaza. Incredibly strong with great stab moves. But in terms of OP, Garchomp is the goat.

[@braylonwilliams2547]

I don't care about how long it takes, I will still get and use a Hydreigon any chance I get.

[@WeegMan]

Respect!

[@braylonwilliams2547]

@@WeegMan thanks.

[@DDKoD]

Something to mention about Dragonite is that it can releastically be caught before Erika and Giovanni 1 by getting one in the prize exchange center. Also I think counting remakes of the base regions would’ve been fair, it defintely would’ve shot Metagross up to like 2 since cause of the Shiny Beldam you get at level 10 before the first gym.

[@ruinthuessia1078]

My fav pseudo's are probably Metagross, Tyranitar and Salamence.

[@TooTuffSteven]

The Beldum you get from Steven’s house is level 5, not 1. I’m switch training it to a Metagross right now, as I’m watching this lol. My dex will be completed once I get it to level 45

[@veerigo]

did, uh, did bro forget that abilities didn’t exist until gen 3

[@removebeforeflightgamingth9923]

Tyranitar didn’t have sand stream until gen 3

[@shimmyking4]

It has been a minute, but I also seem to recall in ORAS it being even longer to get Beldum I remember beating the Elite 4, going to Steven's house and it not being there, beating the Delta Episode and it still not being there, and finally showing up after beating the Elite 4 again I love Metagross but it seems like they made you go through extra hoops to get it

[@plainsight_582]

I think it was like that cuz at that time Beldum was a gift, the shiny beldum event and you could have it when you started a game so they probably thought that was enough

[@khaled3965]

Just played ORAS for the first time last week and it actually shows up after the Delta episode which is still pretty late lol

[@DDKoD]

He’s only counting the debut games so no FR/LG/LGPE, HG/SS, OR/AS, and BD/SP otherwise Dragontie, Tyranitar and Metagross should’ve been higher

[@lunar9342]

You can get Dreepy pretty reliably from the dragon den by the log nex to the Roselia static spawn. Usually it only takes a couple of tries. I almost always have dreepy before entering Motostoke

[@mzda_]

Salamence can get a dragon claw under lvl 50. Just dont let bagon evolve into shelgon until lvl 49, as bagon learns dragon claw at this level

[@demi-femme4821]

My guy...Sand Stream didn't exist in Gen. 2. Like, it works in HGSS, but not in GSC.

[@collinhenry9252]

Baxcaliber is one of my favorite pseudos because A) it’s design is awesome, and B) he looks like Godzilla and I have fond memories of watching the older Godzilla movies

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

its signature move is also a reference to Godzilla

[@blackout6411]

Thank you for respecting Goodra as much as you did. A lot of players think it's a piece of crap but I remember wrecking almost everyone in and out of game using that pokemon although I got it through BS methods like trading early in the game.

[@kayschut9327]

Placed low for being a pure dragon type is disrespecting it tbh, praising salamence for having a spatk stat that is decent so it can use both but not mentioning the same for Goodra's Attack stat. Not to mention it has an immunity to grass that actually powers it up on the physical side when hit by grass type moves. How it got ranked below Kommo-o is beyond me. With so many Ultra Beasts etc running around Alola I don't blame people for even forgetting Kommo-o is a thing.

[@blackout6411]

@Kay Schut Exactomundo! Thank you, it has so much potential.

[@kayschut9327]

@@blackout6411 I got to admit that I have some bias as I really only like it (and it being in my top 5 of all pokemon) and Dragapult among all the pseudo's

[@blackout6411]

@@kayschut9327 Still, you gave it a chance.

[@kayschut9327]

@@blackout6411 I think you misread haha, Goodra is in my top 5 all time favourite pokemon.

[@KodasGarden]

You can encounter Garchomp in diamond and pearl without strength. Just spin in place when you enter Wayward Cave since you are able to get encounters that way.

[@carterlazarus813]

It's weird that you ignored re-makes, as they're also the Pokemon's home regions just spruced up a bit. In Metagross' case it doesn't matter since it's still postgame unless you played them at launch and got the event one. Tyranitar is only slightly better because you get get Larviatar in the safari zone; but good luck having a Tyranitar before Kanto. Dragonite is way better in gen 3 kanto because even with them not being physical attacks yet, it actually gets dragon moves on top of all the other great things about it. Also Salamence just seems way too high if we're going by playthrough viability. You can only have one for victory road and the elite 4, which no matter how good intimidate is doesn't seem worth it considering the last 3rd of the e4 just decimates the thing unless you can kill all of Drake's team in 1-hit before he does it in return to you; and by this point in Hoenn you've had access to other good dragons not usually available in the previous 2 gens. Baxcalibur is completely reasonable that thing is ridiculous and you can mess with the game physics to get a Frigibax before having ANY GYM BADGES, I know because I've done it!

[@Mr_Sarcastic215]

He's ranking them based on their viability when they came out, ranking them on how well they do in their home region is a different conversion

[@seximexi5820]

Right over your head Carter.

[@xDinomanx]

You can also encounter Gabite in Platinum in Victory Road as well. Plus it doesn''t take long to grind up to a Garchomp.

[@plagueamer4877]

Not sure if this was stated, but you can get larvitar in hgss at around the 6th johto gym due to the safari zone at and at higher levels than mount silver.

[@Radiogumdrop]

You only need 4 badges and to give Amphy medicine in order to access the safari zone. Great place to get kanto mons like houndour and murkrow too!

[@kingdoge69]

@@RadiogumdropI need to replay hgss now and get larvitar, murkrow and houndour on my team. I forget about the safari zone lol

[@Dominic13337]

@@Radiogumdrop Neither houndour or murkrow are gen 1

[@Radiogumdrop]

@@Dominic13337 I didn’t mean Gen 1. In HGSS Houndour and Murkrow are only found in the HGSS safari zone or kanto

[@Bruce_Fernandes]

Dragapult, dragonite and tyranitar are my favorites. Dragapult is always in my party, love its signature move, dragon darts, shooting the poor pair of dreepy away like they were missiles 😂

[@bhaweshbhattarai6514]

Garchomp can deal supper effectective damage to every other Pokémon in the list. Dragon type attacks for the dragon and ground type attacks for Tyranator and Metagross.

[@Amelia4111]

TYRANITAR, NOT TYRANATOR!

[@micahwhite3850]

Drakloak is quite easy to find in the lake of outrage if the weather is storm cloud

[@DrChili1428]

Dude literally yapped about Tyranitar’s ability while ranking psuedo legendaries based on their debut generation and didn’t see a problem with that. Definitely a watch Mojo type list

[@DannyJennyArtz]

Don't mean to that person, but I should mention that Tyranitar doesn't have access to Sand Stream in the original Gold, Silver, and Crystal since abilities aren't introduced until Gen 3. Also I think you forgot Haxorus. Good video regardless.

[@WeegMan]

You're absolutely right I had a scatterbrain moment and forgot abilities still weren't a thing in those games. But I suppose him not have that ability further solidifies his spot at number 10 haha

[@xavier6722]

Haxorus isn’t a pseudo

[@duttashree]

Haxorus isn't a pseudo, everyone mistakes this and Idk why. Not every dragon is a pseudo

[@Ilikebugs2464]

​@@duttashree it's big ol atk stat is probably why

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

@@duttashree I cringe everytime they call it a pseudo

[@Argiopocalypse92]

Metagross but the event one in ORAS. Include that possibility lol

[@Anur_Vladias]

13:55 can I mention the fact my baxcalibur survived a super effective close combat from an attack boosted iron valiant

[@RuanAntunes7]

Tyranitar, Garchomp & Dragonite are my favourite of all the pseudo Legendaries.

[@zygas25]

frigibax can be caught earlier at dalizapa pasage right outside the pokemon center without the swim ability. Just head from zapapico and head up till u see a giant hole with a pokemon center down below and just jump down. There is a tunnel where it can be caught

[@DLGNT]

You can get larvitar in the safari zone in the gen 4 remakes

[@ryanhaynes2016]

there weren’t abilities in GSC so Ttar didn’t have sandstream but did have the move sandstorm

[@jonnygoesrocK]

Garchomp not learning Earthquake on its own is still the biggest crime of Pokemon history to date.

[@ultima00005]

Without watching the video I’m putting Metagross and Garchomp at the top. My favorite will always be Tyranitar.

[@sircophagusthethird6936]

The best part of pseudos is that there’s one for everybody. Some are goofy, some badass, maybe both, all are strong.

[@beaksters]

Baxcaliber is the most accessible pseudo… it was my second Pokémon after praying while chucking a shit ton of pokeballs. I got after beating the first titan by BLJ’ing.

[@pulsestar1053]

baxcallibur is pretty underrated. im happy that you brought him the attention he deserves

[@Amelia4111]

THERE SHOULD BE ONLY ONE L IN BAXCALIBUR!

[@pulsestar1053]

@@Amelia4111 we don't care

[@stfu5013]

Garchomp is always the king lmao

[@Adamame93]

I disagree with Dragonite being too low. Getting it at the game corner before the 4th gym is massive, especially since you won’t run into anything that will have super effective moves against it. It can also learn Hyper Beam and OHKO most Pokémon with it. Gen 1 doesn’t require a recharge if you KO and you also have the option to get ice beam from an NPC at the roof top of the celadon marketplace when you give her a drink (forgot which one off the top of my head). Dragonite is a menace in RBY. The Gen 3 remake also has Dragonair learn outrage at level 56, so you can run a Dragonite with it by just waiting another level. TLDR; Dragonite deserves at minimum top 3 based on your requirements.

[@armandomarquez5219]

Even then, the most broken thing Dragonite has in gen 1 is "wrap". Since it locks away the opponent for attacking in subsequemt turns, you just have to attack first... and Dragonite has agility!!!! Dragonite is really broken and too good in Gen1. At least for the story

[@DDKoD]

I don’t think he’s aware of that fact since he didn’t even mention it

[@Yo_shy057]

2:39 that is a mistake , even tho weather was introduced in gen 2 ( wich i've just discovered ) abilities were not until gen 3 so t-tar could'nt have sand stream

[@ericlang7987]

Garchomp is my favorite pseudo-legendary Pokemon. I personally find its Mega Evolution pretty cool despite some people complaining about it.

[@sinnohperson8813]

Pseudo doesn't need to be scary to be good. I stand by goodra

[@JUSTANUTTERPROD]

He only has sandstream in gen IV, no abilities in II

[@dantemustdie00]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the Tera Dark Frigidbax that can be found on the mountain and has the Egg move Icicle Sphere which makes it absolutely destroy nearly anything if it has that held item that increases the amount of times consecutive moves can strike

[@blacksheep7741]

This is true that's if you outspeed your opponent Metagross is resistant to ice

[@dantemustdie00]

@@blacksheep7741 Metagross isn't nowhere in Paldea, the point of the video is how well the Psuedo legendaries do within their own game of origin, and their no Metagross trainers anywhere within Paldea to stop it

[@Mrdonjuliothewicked]

Man didn’t even know abilities didn’t exist in gen 2 or that hyper beam would’ve still did more than dragon claw for Dragonite in gen 1, so I’d find it hard to believe that he would’ve known about that Frigibax.

[@videnmilviden]

​​metagross is confirmed to be in dlc

[@zygas25]

Yes tough we talking about vanilla though. Also dragapult can be caught in the dlcs as well

[@stickerman7763]

I like Dragapault because it's epik and it yeets it's children

[@retaliaterguitar2]

Ive only ever used two Psuedo Legendary Pokémon. Tyranitar and Garchomp, I loved them both.

[@briandominguez3594]

Out of all these awesome pseudos I love Dragapult 💛 it’s design, typing and overall how cute it’s I love this dragon 🐉🥰🥰🥰

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

peak pokemon design, I love its inspiration too, u know from where the design was inspired from

[@MaxiemumKarnage]

I am 100% certain that you can get Larvitar at the Kanto game corner in GSC and use a ttar for the Kanto gyms

[@Dr.Rae-101]

Goodra can learn Hydropump, Thunder, Blizzard, Fireblast. That's really cool, but that's about it.

[@Bob-jh6xt]

8:20 Funnily enough, you could actually get a LEVEL 10 SALAMENCE on ISLAND 1 through the backup system

[@JDHGaming]

Dragonite is such a big adorable friend and well as being duoer strong and versatile. Its my favourite pokemon. Always will be.

[@liquidsteel3190]

Not entirely related but the problem I had with Gen 2, you can’t get houndour until mount silver too

[@vvaallddeess]

Between Saffron - Celadon at night

[@darnellproffitt2875]

Garchomp is definitely my favorite Pseudo Legendary no doubt it!!

[@graysondelay3793]

In XD gale of darkness you can get access to larvitar fairly early (just before the factory area) and its pretty reliable when you use a ground team along with flygon and aggron.

[@viniciusdolandrade]

Dude... Tyranitar doesn't have sandstream on the original GSC games. They didn't have abilities yet

[@nicksh1990]

Interesting that you say about TTar's ability causing passive damage. That's true, after GSC, but the lack of abilities IN GSC meant that TTar wasn't quite as effective, especially as the battle starts with Hail, and Red's team sets up Rain and Sun. At least in HGSS it could negate the hail that starts automatically and Red's team had no way of setting up weather outside of it.

[@DrDuckmann]

Came here to say this. One correction though, in GSC there is no hail during the Red fight because that weather condition didn't exist until Gen 3. The only weather in Gen 2 was rain, sun, and sand.

[@theabacross1581]

Yeah Garchomp is by far the best to use in any game, and I would even argue one of the best Pokemon to use in any playthrough of any Pokemon period

[@applesaucething]

"Metagross's Unique Psychic/Steel Typing" Jirachi and Bronzong: "Ttars sig ability sand stream" Hippowdon:

[@adamcunningham9947]

Tyranitar had the ability before Hippowdon

[@LMC3-p9t]

The macho man cream of the crop promo clip made me subscribe

[@RoninCatholic]

In terms of visual design, Dragonite is my absolute favorite followed by Baxcalibur, Dragapult and Tyranitar. In terms of fun names, Hydreigon takes the cake with its line's Ein, Zwei, Drei counting scheme and Baxcalibur is just a fun name all around. In terms of typing, Komo-O is my favorite. I never liked Goodra (bruh it's just a slimy Dragonite without wings, and it doesn't even have the Poison or Bug types it should have) and think Salamence is just plain ugly (maybe if its color scheme didn't insist on using both such stark red AND blue together I'd maybe tolerate it as an intentionally ugly dragon, but will never see it as anything but "more competitively viable Dragonite at the cost of not looking good").

[@skaareen]

I was never really a hardcore pokemon fan so when i found goodra wasn’t a poison type, i was actually so confused. I mean it is literally a muk in the shape of a dragon.

[@roronoazoro9399]

Let's goooooooo fellow Baxcalibur enjoyer

[@RoninCatholic]

@@skaareen Its Pokedex entries describe how toxic/corrosive it is, that it sometimes accidentally dissolves non-Goodra friends it makes by hugging them and not letting them go. Plus it's a slug, and slugs very much aren't dragons so _anything_ but a pure Dragon type would've been better.

[@skaareen]

@@RoninCatholic I also now feel like a water dragon type wouldve been cool now that we've seen the hisuian version. Then their typing could match those of palkia and dialga.

[@RoninCatholic]

@@skaareen It would fit with them needing rain to reach their final stage. I would see a slug dragon being Water/Dragon as acceptable, if a bit redundant with Kingdra.

[@proplayz6170]

When I was playing thru SV I found a dreepy rlly early near a river and caught it immediately at level 23. I didn’t realize how late it evolved into drakloak and how useless it was until I got it to level 40 😭

[@zygas25]

Yes but u can catch drakloaks once u go a bit further in the game

[@herhhetj5372]

How does availability of a pokemon affect how good it is? I though this was a competetive ranking

[@hrithikreddy460]

Yeah, man. Seeing metagross make the last place just because it wasn't as easily accessible as the others made me sad. It is a friggin' beast in battle.

[@Sentient_wafflemaker]

Finally someone else who loves our dark dragon type boy!

[@laravioliiii2832]

I like Dragonite and Goodra, because in the middle of these ginormous, horrifying dragons that could kill you, there just there enjoying life, having fun, being huggable.

[@InquisitorThomas]

An added layer of how much of a pain getting a Dreepy is in Sword and Shield: You get the upgrade to cross water with your bike after the 6th gym, but you can only catch a up to level 50 Pokémon with six badges, so if you head straight to the Lake of Outrage you not only have a 1% chance to find a Dreepy in certain weather, but the Dreepy might be level 51 or 52, so you can’t actually catch it.

[@VRKyurem]

Guy just wanted to say “because of all the fairies running around”

[@lluisg.8578]

Evolving Hydreigon is the most painful thing created in pokemon.

[@mandogaming8078]

You sound like zoos from gravity falls! I love it haha

[@huz7531]

I feel like goodra should of been a Water dragon type

[@Luckyy94]

Or poison

[@pikkon899]

@2:38 It seems like you were jumping back and forth between GSC & Heart Gold/Soul Silver. There was no Sand Stream in Generation 2 nor were there abilities (Intimidate Gyrados was not a thing in GSC). The physical/special split hadn't happened yet and all Dark type moves were Special in the first 3 generations, meaning Tyranitar wasn't using Crunch on the physical side if being used against Red. Sand Storm also didn't boost the Special Defense of Rock, Steel and Ground Types in Generation 2. Everything you said only applies to Heart Gold and Soul Silver.

[@furstenfeldbruck]

I'm glad you pronounced Arceus correctly

[@NO_EPIX]

who will win "this legendary creator of everything" or "this mfs sparking rat"

[@Eternatus00]

Kommo-o is underrated

[@Damzyboi]

Dragonite in gen 1 was kinda op tho. Wrap attack was immobilizing the enemy fully xD and hyper beam had no rest turn if it defeated the enemy, so you could potentially spam it iirc

[@deepfryedkittenz]

You put Metagross below TTar based on how hard they were to get and then explained how TTar was harder to obtain. How does that make any sense

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

2:38 sand stream ability in Gen 2, yes.

[@PolarEXP]

For tyranitsr in the remakes you can get larvitar via safari zone at a not too late point so you can use it for the play through I’ve used tyranitar 3x on my gen 2 remakes run

[@berky_of]

If we were counting megas :) 5- Garthomp (BASE) 4- Baxcalibur 3- Dragapulti 2- Mega Metagross 1- Mega Salamence